An exercise in shaping memories
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16 November 2024
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2-day course with Quynh Dong
How can one learn without becoming a mere copy? Where is the boundary between copying and reinterpretation?
Video Art or the moving image is an art form that uses the video medium to create artistic expressions. It has evolved since the 1960s and is often considered one of the most innovative and versatile forms of contemporary art. The structure of video art is strongly shaped by the artist’s creative vision and offers numerous freedoms in dealing with technology, space, time, and perception. Video art is often unconventional and can exceed the traditional boundaries of art forms by engaging with modern themes and experiments. It challenges the viewer to engage not only with the artwork itself but also with the way it is consumed.
During the two days of April 21–22, under the guidance of artist Quynh Dong, participants explored the elements that shape the structure of video art; from concepts, themes, space-time, to visual design, sound and editing. From there, each person discovers a chance to develop their own visual language, where moving images are transformed for highly personal expressions.
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Timeline details:
• Day 1 (Monday, 21 April 2025):
– Introduction
– Analyzing a Work: Quynh Dong will discuss the structural elements using a work as an example
– Participants will be divided into small groups to analyze the artwork (chosen by them) based on these elements
– Presentation of analysis: Each group will present their analysis (The goal is to recognize the methodology)
• Day 2 (Tuesday, 22 April 2025):
– Define own content, concerns, statement (Concept)
– Brief explanation of a storyboard
– Apply own content to the methodology (Storyboard)
– Presentation of copy, reproduction, or new artwork
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The year is XXXX re–examines the travel writings of missionaries and explorers to Indochina and unearths the fictional complexities of their texts. In a new imagining of adventure, the works on display return the gaze to the lands travelled through. The artists’ absorbing installations centre the natural inhabitants of these geographies: the creatures and spirits that play, prey, haunt, and wither as the land is extracted and exploited. The exhibition takes place simultaneously across the campuses of EMASI Nam Long (District 7) and EMASI Van Phuc (Thu Duc City) from April to November 2025.
This event is part of a series of public and education programs in association with The year is XXXX, an exhibition organized by Nguyễn Art Foundation.